World Maritime Archives — Page 6 of 11

April 21, 2020 No Responses

Pirates Kidnap Eight Container Crew Members In Cotonou

Eight crew members of the Portuguese-flagged containership, Tommi Ritscher are believed to have been taken by a group of pirates that boarded the ship on April 19, 2020 while the vessel was within the Cotonou anchorage area, West Africa. The...

April 19, 2020 No Responses

Seaport Welcomes Largest Boxship

The 19,200 TEU MSC Anna, owned by Mediterranean Shipping Company, has docked at the port’s Oakland International Container Terminal on the Oakland Estuary, claiming the title of the largest ship ever to call in Oakland. The massive ship can carry...

April 15, 2020 No Responses

Report: 37 Ships Boarded, 22 Seafarers Kidnapped In Q1, 2020

Pirates boarded 37 ships and kidnapped 22 seafarers in the first quarter of 2020, the latest report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IBM) shows. In total, the bureau received reports of 47 attacks in the first three months of...

April 15, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Terminal Operators Donates N300m

Two Port Terminal Operators, APM Terminals Apapa and West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Onne, have jointly committed more than N300 million to helping to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria. Mr Martin Jacob, the Managing Director ...

April 8, 2020 No Responses

Total, AET Seal LNG Charter Deal

Petroleum and chemical tanker owner, AET Tanker Holdings has inked a charter deal with Chartering and Shipping Services SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Total SA, for two LNG dual-fuel VLCCs. The two newbuilds are scheduled to be delivered to AET...

April 6, 2020 No Responses

World’s Largest LNG-Fueled RoRo Ship Construction Begins In China

China-based Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard has cut the first steel for a new LNG-powered roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel ordered by Swedish shipping company, Wallenius SOL. The vessel, which will be the world’s first RoRo ship to be both LNG fueled and...

March 30, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Bans International Vessels Without Thermal Screening Facilities

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is to ban international vessels without thermal screening facilities. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made this known in a statement on Sunday. Jimoh said that following the outbreak ...

March 20, 2020 No Responses

Hapag Lloyd Liner Debuts At Ports & Cargo Terminal

Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, the flagship company of SIFAX Group and concessionaire of Terminal C, Tin Can Island Port, Apapa, Lagos, has added a new client to its growing clientele list. The latest addition is Hapag Lloyd AG...

March 15, 2020 No Responses

Container Lines May Lose 17m TEU In 2020

It can no longer be ruled out that the container shipping industry might be looking at developments similar to the financial crisis of 2008, SeaIntelligence said, referring to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “This implies a potential volume loss...

March 1, 2020 No Responses

Dry Bulk Shipping CEO Steps Down

Torben Janholt, Chief Executive Officer of the dry bulk shipping company Pioneer Marine Inc. is retiring from his role effective March 1, 2020. He has been a member of the Pioneer Marine board of directors since 2013. “I have decided...

February 22, 2020 No Responses

IMO Tasks Member States On Unnecessary Delays At Seaports

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has sent a letter to its member states amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus asking them to undertake all possible measures to prevent unnecessary delays of ships. The IMO urged state authorities and control.....

February 21, 2020 No Responses

Maersk Declares $ 5.7b Earnings For 2019, Projects 2020 Outlook

Despite weak market conditions and slow container growth of 1.4 percent, Danish shipping heavyweight, A.P. Moller – Maersk managed to improve earnings and free cash flow in 2019. The company’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (...

January 24, 2020 No Responses

Grimaldi Takes Delivery of New Car, Truck Carrier

Italian Grimaldi Group has welcomed to its fleet Grande Houston, a new pure car & truck carrier (PCTC). On January 15, 2020, Grimaldi took delivery of the third of the seven ships built the Chinese shipyard Yangfan, located in Zhoushan....

January 22, 2020 No Responses

A.P. Møller Secures Approval For Port Terminals In West Africa

The European Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control over four project companies with concessions to build or operate port terminals in West Africa by Denmark’s A.P. Møller Capital (APMC). These include GSEZ Cargo Ports, a company operating...